RT-178
|
Proposal for a new
classification of atrial tachycardias. A substrate-based approach in the ablation era
|
|
|
Michael D. Lesh, Jonathan M.
Kalman*.
Department of Medicine and the Cardiovascular Research Institute University of California,
San Francisco, USA, *Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne,
Australia
|
|
Abstract
|
|
In the era when radiofrequency ablation is considered
first line therapy for many arrhythmias, it seems sensible to employ a nomenclature for
atrial tachyarrhythmias which is based on the geometry of the tachycardia substrate, the
relationship of that substrate to atrial anatomy, and the type of radiofrequency lesion
required to abolish that substrate.
|
Key Words
|
|
Cardiac arrhythmias - classification
atrial tachycardia classification, tachycardia substrate geometry, substrate-based
classification, focal atrial tachycardia, syndrome of inappropriate sinus tachycardia,
macro-reentrant atrial tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, R
|
